Bag-holder



(No Model.)

w. s. KENDALL.

BAG HOLDER.

Patented Jan. 19, 1886.

ATTORNEYS;

' UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

WALTER S. KENDALL, OF GRAND RAPIDS, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,589, dated January 19, 1886.

' Application filed August 22 1885. Serial No. 175,068. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER S. KENDALL, of Grand Rapids, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved BagHolder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a device for holding bags open and in upright position to be filled,

, and has for its objects to facilitate the attachment of the empty bags to the holder and their removal therefrom when filled, and at the same time prevent spilling of the sub stances over the mouth of the bag, and .also to simplify and cheapen the construction of the bag-holder, and to adapt it for ready attachment to a hand-truck, when desired.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the bag-holder, all as hereinafter fully described and clai med.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which the same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a rear perspective View of my improved bag-holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof as applied to ahand-truck. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view with the post in section; and Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of one pair of the hooks by which the bag-holder is attached to the truck, and shows also the post of the holder in section.

The letter A indicates the wood base or platform of the bag-holder, to which is fixed by bolts or screws the metal flange-plate a,

' which is provided with screw-threaded holes to receive the lower threaded ends of the tubular metal rods or pipes B O, which constitutethe post or, standard of the bag-holder, and are connected at the top by areturn-bend pipe or cap, D. The post-rod B is preferably made of half-inch pipe, and the rod 0 of three-eighths-inch pipe.

In joining the postsections to the base A and to each other the rod B will first be screwed into the plate a, and the bent cap D will then be screwed onto the top of said rod. The rod G then will be screwed into the plate it below its normal position, so that when the cap D is turned around to its proper position the upper reversely-threaded end of the rod 0 will screw into the cap as the lower end of the rod unscrews from the plate a, and when the post is complete the rod G will stand behind the rod B, as clearly shown in the drawings.

or cast metal sleeve E, which is made with a lug, 6, through which the post-rod O passes,

and the sleeve or its lug e is extended forward to provide ashort horizontal shaft or spindle, e, (dotted in Fig. 3,) to which the opposite arms F G of the bag-holder are attached, as presently explained.

Below the sleeve E is placed loosely on the rod B the collar H, whiohis provided with a set-screw, h, by which it may be fixed to the rod B at any desired place to support the sleeve E and bag-holding arms F G at proper height-to accommodate bagsofdifferentlengths held on the toothed and curved end bars,l J, of the arms F G. The arm F of the holder is screwed into the side nipple of a joint piece or coupling, K, which is screwed or placed loosely on the-shaft e, which projects from the sleeve E, and so that said coupling K may turn on said shaft 6; and a spring, L, looped below the arm F and coiled around the coupling K, and having its ends Z passed through an eye, h, fixed to sleeve H, acts normally to swing the arm F and its 'bagholding bar I upward, as in Fig. 1.

On the outer end of the shaft e is fixed a joint piece or coupling, M, which has a setscrew, in, threaded into its side, so as to bear on and bind the arm G to the coupling M, said arm being fitted loosely in the coupling M,

On the rod Bis placed loosely the malleable I so it may be set therein for positioning its toothed bar J nearer to or farther from the opposite bar, I, to accommodate bags of different widths.

The letter N indicates a shield or guard plate adapted to prevent spilling of the substance being filled into the bag onto the floor, and said shield N is curved forward at both ends, as at n it, and is fixed to the arm G bya staple, n, near the coupling M, and also is fixed to the bar J of arm G by a staple, of, so that when the arm G is adjusted laterally either way in the coupling M the shield N will move with the arm G and its bar J. The arm F extends laterally from the coupling K,and is then bent forward and downward, and the arm is bent at its outer part forward and downward, so that the semicircularly-curved bars I J'of the arms F G, respectively, will stand directly opposite each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, aml so as to support the bars I J at suitable distance forward of the post B C to hold the bags clear of the post.

The bars I J are provided at or near opposite ends with the teeth 2' j, respectively, on which the margin of the bag is to he hooked to hold the bag to the machine, while the bottom ot the bag rests on the base A of the holder.

I make each of the bars I. J preferably of two parts or sections having the teeth z' j at their outer ends, and I screw or fit the opposite parts 01' each bar into the opposite ends of a coupling, II, which by its central nip plc is screwed onto the end of the arm F or G, as clearly shown in the drawings.

To the postrods B O are held by bolt-s o 0 the hook-bars O O, which, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4, are made separate, and have inner ends shaped to form two half-circular bends or notches, o 0*, which fit the post-rods B C, respectively, and so that the bolts 0 0 may be passed through the bent ends of opposite bars 0 O behind the post-rod C and between the rods B C, to hold the hook-bars in opposite latorally-extending pairs, which have bent ends, as at 0, adapted to be hooked into eyes or staples p, fixed to the opposite side bars of a hand-truck, I so as to fasten the bag holder to the truck, as shown in Fig. 2, to allow the bags, when filled, to immediately be wheeled, without further handling them, to any place of delivery about a mill or store.

Each of the two pairs of hook-barsO 0 may be formed of one piece of suitable metal bent at the central portion to form loops or eyes, which may be clamped by the boltsooaround the post-rods B C, so as to admitof their ready removal, substantially as above described; but the separate construction of the hook-bars is at present preferred.

The operation is as follows: The collar H having been set at proper height on the post to support the sleeve E and the bag-holding arms F G to suitthelength of bags to be filled, and the arm G having been set in the coupling M to suit the widtlrof the bags, a bag will be hooked at one side onto the teeth j of the bar J, and when the mouth of the bag iiicloses the shield or guard N the arm F will be pressed down against the tension of the spring L, so that the bar I will enter the other side of the bag, and on letting go of the arm F the spring Lwill draw the arm upward and outward, so as to cause the teeth '13 to catch into the bag, which then is held ready to be filled. The bag'niay be shaken at any time during the filling operation by taking hold of the bars I J and lifting the bag and letting it fall on the platform or base A, the sleeve E then moving freely up and down on the post rod B, as will readily be understood. By swinging I the arm F'downward the teeth 6 will be pressed from the filled bag, and the bag then may readily be disengaged from the opposite teeth, j, and another bag be attached to the holder in the manner above described.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bag-holder, the combination, with a post, of an arm, F, supported by the post and adapted to swing in a vertical plane, and provided with a toothed bar, I, and a laterallyadjustable arm, G, held to the post and provided with a toothed bar, J, substantially as herein set forth.

2. In a bag-holder, the combination, with a post and a bag-holding arm, F, supported bythe post and adapted to swing in a vertical plane, and an oppositelaterally-adjustable bag-holding arm, G, held to the post, substantially as specified, ot' a spring adapted to swing the arm F upward, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In a bag-holder, the combination, with a post, of an arm, F, supported by the post and adapted to swing in a vertical plane, and provided with a toothed bar, I, an arm, G, held by the post and adapted to be adjusted laterally, and provided with a toothed bar, J, and a shield or giiiard-plate, N, held to the arm G, substantially as herein set forth.

4. In a bag-holder, the supporting-post made of rods B C, a base or platform, and a cap, D, substantially as specified, in combination with the sleeve E, fitted on rods B G, and bag-holding arms, substantially as herein set forth.

5. In a bag-holder, the combination, with the snpporting-post,of a sleeve, E, fitted thereon and provided with a shaft, 0', a coupling, K, secured on said shaft and carrying the arm F,provided with a toothed bar, I, a coupling, M, fixed to shalt c, and an arm, G, provided with toothed bar J and fitted adjustably in coupling M, substantially as herein set forth.

6. Ina bag'holder, the combination, with the bag-holding arms F G and a supportingpost, substantially as specified, ot' T-couplings R, fixed at the outer ends of said arms, and toothed bars I J, formed each of two parts, and provided with teeth, as at ij, and fixed at opposite ends of the couplings It, substantially as herein set forth.

7. In a bag-holder, the combination, with the post consisting, mainly, of rods 13 O, sulostantially as specified, 0t hookbars 0 O, branching from the post and formed with bends 0 0 adapted to the postrods, and the bolts 0 0, passed through the inner ends of the bars, and said bars having hook ends 0", adapted for eyes or staples on a hand -truck, substantially as herein set forth.

\VALTER S. KENDALL.

Witnesses:

GEo. LASKEY, HENRY SPERE. 

